August 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda

August 21st, 2025 @ 6:00pm Agenda

526 Fern St. Freeland, PA 18224

1. Call To Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call
4. Executive Sessions
5. Public Comment (3 minutes on Agenda items only)
6. Motion to Accept Minutes from the work session on 7/17
7. Motion to Accept Minutes from the regular meeting on 7/17
8. Motion to Accept Minutes from the special meeting on 8/5/2025
9. Motion to Accept Treasurer’s Report
10. Motion to Accept the Payment of Bills
11. New Business
    1. Administration
       1. Motion to engage the professional cleaning services of _____________ not to exceed $__________ per month.
12. Motion to approve quote from ____________ for a new phone system at 526 Fern St. not to exceed $ _____________
13. Motion to adopt the MCCC Ordinance
14. Motion to adopt the QOL Appeals and Hearings Ordinance
15. Motion to pay the Barry Isett & Associates DCED MTF grant application preparation invoice in the amount of $4,901.00
16. Finance
17. Public Safety
    1. Motion to release $___________ to the FNCAA for July expense request
    2. Motion to release $___________ to the FNCAA for August expense request
    3. Motion to release $___________ of the 2024 Delinquent Real Estate Tax payments to the FNCAA 
    4. Motion to release $___________ of the 2024 Delinquent Real Estate Tax payments to Valley Regional
    5. Motion to hire ________________ as a part-time patrolman at $_________ per hour not to exceed 32 hours per week.
    6. Motion to enter into a 1-year agreement with FLOCK not to exceed $30,000.00
    7. Motion to adopt the Resolution Adopting the Luzerne County 2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan
    8. Motion to ratify the Peer to Peer Articles of Agreement with the Department of Community and Economic Development and Center.
    9. Motion to approve Officer Muir’s vacation request.
    10. Motion to purchase 3 new computers not to exceed $__________
18. Public Works
    1. Motion to enter into the PennDOT Winter Maintenance Services Agreement
    2. Motion to advertise an Ordinance Establishing a No Parking Zone on Johnson Street 500 Block, Even Numbered Side Between the Intersection of Johnson Street with Birkbeck Street and Pine Street
    3. Motion to draft agreement of sale for tract of public park to Freeland YMCA
19. Code Enforcement and Zoning
    1. Motion to adopt an Ordinance Establishing a Requirement for a Municipal Code Compliance Certificate Prior to the Transfer of Real Property, Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipal Code and Ordinance Compliance Act (Act 133 of 2016), as Amended
    2. Motion to adopt an Ordinance Amending Chapter 10, Part 11 (Quality of Life) to Establish Fees and Cost-Sharing Procedures for Appeals and Hearings 
    3. Motion to hire  ________________ as a part-time MREO at $_________ per hour not to exceed 32 hours per week.
20. Recreation
    1. Motion to approve the YMCA’s request to close Sabol Street from 7:00am to 12:00pm on September 13, 2025 and Front Street from Pine Street to Birkbeck Street at 10:00am for the start of the race pending PennDOT approval and receipt of insurance certificate. 
    2. Motion to remove Alba Perez from the Rec Board Auxiliary
21. Open Public Comment (3 minutes)
22. Adjournment of Meeting